Chestnuts are delicious, but the skin is difficult to peel. In order to resolve the contradiction between delicious and difficult to peel, people used their brains and experimented with many tricks for peeling chestnut skins. You can choose one to try based on your actual conditions.

1. Hot water soaking method: Wash the raw chestnuts, put them into a container, immerse them in boiling water, and cover the pot. After 5 minutes, take out the chestnuts and cut them open, and the chestnut skin will fall off immediately. This method saves time and effort.

2. Stirring method with chopsticks: Cut the chestnuts into two halves, remove the shells and put them into a basin. Add boiling water to soak for a while, stir with chopsticks, and the skin of the chestnuts will be separated from the chestnut meat. The soaking time cannot be too long, otherwise it will affect the nutritional content of chestnuts.

3. Refrigerator freezing method: After the chestnuts are cooked, cool them and put them in the refrigerator for two hours to separate the shell and meat. In this way, the chestnut skin is peeled off quickly and the chestnut meat is intact.

4. Microwave heating method: Use scissors to cut open the shell of raw chestnuts and heat them in the microwave at high temperature for 30 seconds. The inner layer of clothing and meat will automatically separate. Before using this method to remove chestnut skins, be sure to cut the outer shell, otherwise it may cause the microwave oven to malfunction.

5. Thermal expansion and contraction method: Use a knife to peel off the chestnut shell, put it into boiling water and cook it for 3-5 minutes. After taking it out, immediately put it into cold water and soak it for 3-5 minutes. It is easy to peel. Remove the chestnut coating and keep the taste.

6. Sunlight exposure method: Place the raw chestnuts to be eaten in the sun for one day, and the chestnut shells will crack.

7. Natural air-drying method: Put the raw chestnuts in a ventilated and dry place to dry for a few days, so that the skin of the chestnuts will be easier to peel. This method can also make chestnuts into dried fruits, which can be soaked in water before eating.

8. Add salt water to cook: Add some salt when cooking chestnuts, and they will peel easily after cooking.

Chestnuts taste good and are nutritious. Several ways of eating chestnuts have different effects:

1. Chestnut paste can strengthen the spleen and stomach.

Add appropriate amount of sugar to 500 grams of chestnuts to make a paste. Chestnut paste has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach and thickening the intestines.

2. Chestnut cake nourishes qi and stomach.

Add 200 grams of chestnuts, 500 grams of glutinous rice flour, and 50 grams of sugar to make a cake. Chestnut cake is sweet and glutinous, and has the effects of strengthening the spleen, nourishing qi, nourishing the stomach, strengthening muscles and bones, and tonifying deficiency.

3. Chestnut and Yokan can replenish qi and stop bleeding.

Cook 250 grams of chestnuts + 100 grams of sugar, 500 grams of mutton, and 40 grams of frozen powder into a soup. Chestnut Yokan nourishes qi and strengthens the spleen, and has the effect of dispersing blood and stopping bleeding. Those who are not sick can strengthen their health.

4. Braised cabbage with chestnuts nourishes the kidneys.

Add 300 grams of raw chestnuts + 500 grams of Chinese cabbage, add sugar and appropriate amount of peanut oil and cook into a dish. Braised cabbage with chestnuts has the effects of nourishing the spleen, kidneys and stopping bleeding.